Html List tag not working in android textview. What can I do?

Html List tag not working in android TextView. This is my string content:

String str="A dressy take on classic gingham in a soft, textured weave of stripes that resembles twill.  Take a closer look at this one.<ul><li>Trim, tailored fit for a bespoke feel</li><li>Medium spread collar, one-button mitered barrel cuffs</li><li>Applied placket with genuine mother-of-pearl buttons</li><li>;Split back yoke, rear side pleats</li><li>Made in the U.S.A. of 100% imported cotton.</li></ul>";

I loaded it in a text view like this:

textview.setText(Html.fromHtml(str));

The output looks like a paragraph. What can I do? Is there any solution for it?

Edit:

webview.loadData(str,"text/html","utf-8");

As you can see in the Html class source code, Html.fromHtml(String) does not support all HTML tags. In this very case, <ul> and <li> are not supported.

From the source code I have built a list of allowed HTML tags:

br
p
div
em
b
strong
cite
dfn
i
big
small
font
blockquote
tt
monospace
a
u
sup
sub

So you better use WebView and its loadDataWithBaseURL method. Try something like this:

String str="<html><body>A dressy take on classic gingham in a soft, textured weave of stripes that resembles twill.  Take a closer look at this one.<ul><li>Trim, tailored fit for a bespoke feel</li><li>Medium spread collar, one-button mitered barrel cuffs</li><li>Applied placket with genuine mother-of-pearl buttons</li><li>;Split back yoke, rear side pleats</li><li>Made in the U.S.A. of 100% imported cotton.</li></ul></body></html>";
webView.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, str, "text/html", "utf-8", null);

I am having the same problem, what I did is overriding the default TagHandler. This one worked for me.

public class MyTagHandler implements TagHandler {

    boolean first = true;
    String parent = null;
    int index = 1;
    @Override
    public void handleTag(boolean opening, String tag, Editable output, XMLReader xmlReader) {

        if (tag.equals("ul")) {
            parent = "ul";
        } else if (tag.equals("ol")) {
            parent = "ol";
        }

        if (tag.equals("li")) {
            if (parent.equals("ul")) {
                if (first) {
                    output.append("\n\t•");
                    first = false;
                } else {
                    first = true;
                }
            } else{
                if (first) {
                    output.append("\n\t"+index+". ");
                    first = false;
                    index++;
                } else {
                    first = true;
                }
            }   
        }
    }
}

and for displaying the text...

myTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml("<ul><li>I am an Android developer</li><li>Another Item</li></ul>", null, new MyTagHandler()));

[Edit]

Kuitsi has also posted an really good library that does the same, got it from this SO link.

Html List tag not working in android textview. What can I do?

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